Related: Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1: How the 1st human spaceflight worked (infographic) The first human ever to fly in space, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left), meets with spacecraft designer Sergei ...

Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space when he orbited Earth in 1961 aboard the Vostok 1 space capsule. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Some posts claim the nonprofit "stripped the honors" of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin due to "current world events." Gagarin, who made the first trip to outer space in 1961, is widely viewed as ...

Gagarin was the first human to journey into outer space. Don't Edit A human amid the stars, a Cold War on earth Amid the stars, Yuri Gagarin represented all of mankind. Back on Earth, Gagarin's ...

Instead, Yuri began to refer to the Ilyushin passenger jet that ferried him around the world as “home.” Meanwhile, his less celebrated colleagues got to fly in space. Gherman Titov orbited ...

April 12, 2012 – Today, Yuri’s Night celebrates the 12th year of the World Space Party, 51 years since Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight into space and 31 years since the first launch of the ...

It's 50 years since the first manned spaceflight. April 12, 2011 — -- Yuri Gagarin. First man in space. For the rest of history his name will rank -- perhaps with Columbus, Magellan ...

Barred from spaceflight after becoming the first man in space, Yuri Gagarin was 34 when he died in a routine training flight You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

The life and times of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first man in space on April 12, 1961. See the full slideshow at Life. Where No One Had Gone Before America is proud of its ...